after the shock
by Kevin O’Neill
after enlightenment enters the scene
i don’t leave the citadel anymore
lullaby bait
relics of
the past go for fig
leaves instead of support structures
my body is alone among
the shells
turn my face
the body of the poem
delay is gone the time
is at its end
acceleration with the undertone
repetitive effect
certitude’s cap never outgrow these feelings
the turning
how the
crisis grows the sun burns holy
that the lord’ll project our expansion
cynical deal approximate ceiling
passive extension beyond origin
Kevin O’Neill is an American absurdist. He believes it takes bad news to sell good news. His work appeared in the Arlington Literary Journal, Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine, Wasteland Review, and others. He can be found on X @drynwetice
Picture Credit: Lora Morales
Lora Morales is an illustrator based in Paris that sketched the image from a picture Kevin O’Neill took in Lyon upriver on the Saone.
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